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1996 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Allan Border (Qld vs. Vic)
1994 Last day of Test cricket for Allan Border 1993 Allan Border beats Gavaskar's record for most Test Cricket runs 10,123 1991 June Storey, actress (South of the Border), dies of cancer at 73 1991 Allan Border takes 5-68 vs. WI at Bourda (!), Georgetown 1990 U.S. warships in Persian Gulf placed on alert after Iraq masses nearly 30,000 troops near its border with Kuwait 1989 Israel attacks border strip Taba near Egypt 1989 Allan Border takes 7-46 against the West Indies at the SCG 1988 Car bomb kills 7 Israelis, wounds 11 near Lebanon border 1987 Allan Border scores 205 vs. New Zealand to become Australia's top rungetter 1987 Chinese/Vietnamese border fights, 1500 killed 1986 Padres pitcher LaMarr Hoyt is arrested at US-Mexico border for drugs 1986 Allan Border scores the 10,000th run in Tests (v India, Bombay) 1986 Border completes twin Test tons (140 and 114*) vs. New Zealand 1985 Allan Border scores 4th successive 1st class 100 (v Derbyshire) 1984 Allan Border's 1st Test Cricket match as captain (v WI Adelaide) 1984 Jimmy Kenndy, British songwriter (South of the Border), dies 1984 Border scores 100* vs. WI Trinidad after 98* in 1st cricket innings 1982 Spain reopens border with Gibraltar 1980 Iraqi troops cross Iran's border, encircling Abadan 1980 Iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins 1980 Border completes 150 in each inning of Test Cricket vs. Pakistan 1979 Border is named 12th man for Australia, only Test Cricket he missed 1978 Test Cricket debut of Allan Robert Border, vs. England at the MCG 1977 Libyan-Egyptian border fights 1977 Allan Border scores 36 in his 1st-class innings (NSW vs. Qld) 1976 Mozambique closes border with Rhodesia 1974 Iran/Iraqi border fight breaks out 1969 Violent Chinese-Russian border dispute 1968 Spain closes border to Gibraltar except to Spaniards 1968 Howard Petrie, actor (Border River, Bounty Hunter), dies at 61 1968 Israeli-Jordan border fight 1967 Hurricane Beulah hits Texas-Mexican border, kills 38 1967 Indian/Chinese border fights 1967 Israeli/Syrian border fights 1967 Sling-shot goal post and 6' wide border around field are standard in NFL 1967 25,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border 1965 India and Pakistan border fights 1965 Israeli/Jordanian border fights 1965 India and Pakistan border fights 1965 India and Pakistan engage in border fight 1964 In El Paso, Texas, Lyndon Baines Johnson and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion diverting Rio Grande, to reshape US-Mexico border 1963 Algeria and Morocco border conflict 1962 E German border guards shot and kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector 1961 East Germany begins erecting 5' high wall along the border with the west to replace the barbed wire put up Aug 13 1957 Turkish and Syrian border guards exchange fire 1955 Allan Border, cricket captain, Australia 1950 East Germany and Poland sign treaty about Oder-Neisse border 1948 Israeli Defence Forces crosses Egyptian border 1945 U.S. 5th army reaches Swiss border 1944 Russian troops arrive at Austria-Prussia border 1939 4 soviet soldiers killed on Finnish-Russian border 1939 Zane Grey, U.S. western writer (Spirit of the Border), dies at 67 1939 Dutch border guards take positions for German invasion 1930 Boqueron battle ends Paraguay border dispute 1929 Russian-Chinese border fights 1914 French troops withdraw 10 km from German border 1911 U.S. sent 20,000 troops to Mexican border 1906 Howard Petrie, Beverly, Massachusetts, actor, Border River, Bounty Hunter 1904 Bronze statue of Christ on Argentine-Chilian border dedicated 1900 President Kruger crosses border with Mozambique 1887 Hobart Cavanaugh, U.S., actor, Border Town, Black Angel 1878 Harry Carey Sr, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Aces Wild, Border Cafe, Air Force 1842 U.S. - Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty 1834 Leon Walras, French economist, border use theory 1818 49th parallel forms as border between U.S. and Canada 1818 Senate ratifies Rush-Bagot amendment (unarmed US-Canada border) |
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